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Philosophy

(PG-13: Language) There were human species before us, each of which is now extinct. Evolution led to us homo sapiens, who have managed to hang on largely because of our ability to communicate. exurb1a provides his cynical take on the state of the human race.

While you may no longer be able to eat bacon or dance a jig after you’re six feet under, you may still have an impact on things long after you’re gone. Life Death And The Universe offers some deep thoughts on the subject from both philosophical and scientific angles.

Kurzgesagt explores the crazy notion that perhaps what we’re experiencing isn’t real at all, and that we’re all part of a massive simulation in some ultra-powerful computer system. Vsauce 3 has their own take on the thought experiment here.

The School of Life reminds us that no one is perfect or “the one” for us. The person, condition, or object we pine for has downsides just like everyone and everything else. Focusing on the potential troubles we avoided will make it easier to move on.

(PG-13, SPOILERS)Wisecrack presents the questions of justice raised in the excellent supernatural detective series Death Note. Is justice peace and equality at all costs? Or is it simply anything that counters injustice as it happens?

(SPOILERS)Wisecrack points out how the excellent Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood urges us not to stubbornly subscribe to an ideology, rational or otherwise, because doing so would dehumanize us by discouraging us from questioning and thinking for ourselves.

(PG-13: Language) Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche. You know, those guys. Exurb1a schools us in the origins and development of philosophical thought in Western civilization, from idealism to existentialism to Gilbert Gottfriedism.

“We’re idiots now, we’ve been idiots in the past, and we’ll be idiots again in the future… and that’s okay.”Lazy Chief created this charming animation for School of Life which reminds us that if we simply let go of our fears of looking foolish, that we can achieve great things.

(PG-13: Language) After looking at Rick and Morty’smany references, Wisecrack delves into the show’s exploration of human nature and belief systems peppered throughout Get Schwifty, in which giant heads descend from the heavens with less than altrustic motives.

Rick and Morty is the last place we’d turn to try and solve our existential crisis, but that didn’t stop video essayist Will Schoder from finding serious philosophical depth in the offbeat and indelicate sci-fi cartoon.